Class Id: 8283
Days: W
Start Time: 01:30 PM
End Time: 04:20 PM
Building: EPYNE
Room: 012
Course Id: 3660
Departments and Numbers: COM 398
Area: LA
Title: Coming of Age in Minor Cultures: Eastern European Literature and Cinema
Description: The cultures of Central-Eastern Europe, living in the shadow of hegemonic powers, tend to conceptualize themselves as subaltern, underdeveloped, victimized, immature, minor, un-enlightened or even backward. Often, this self-understanding is expressed in art through the analogy of childhood or adolescence; the relation of a minor culture to a great culture is that of a child to a parental figure. We will closely examine Polish, Czech, Yugoslavian, Bosnian and Hungarian works of literature and cinema that explore how -- if at all -- the development of character is informed by unfavorable geopolitical and historical determinations.
Prerequisites:
Professors: Erika A. Kiss
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